68/100
#714 nationally
Tucson Medical Center
5301 East Grant Road, Tucson, AZ 85712 · (520) 324-1399
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tucson Medical Center billed $3.88 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 193
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #5
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
715 | $17,704 | $2,656 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
490 | $33,909 | $12,655 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
466 | $77,727 | $22,791 | -41% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
384 | $69,589 | $15,655 | +7% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
247 | $9,610 | $1,877 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
228 | $9,930 | $1,560 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
206 | $19,186 | $3,150 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
188 | $20,498 | $5,603 | -42% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
187 | $24,050 | $6,931 | -40% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
183 | $95,042 | $25,734 | -24% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$89,263 | $16,716 | +21% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$27,291 | $4,890 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,340 | $1,855 | +14% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$54,971 | $12,764 | +7% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$69,589 | $15,655 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,758 | $1,978 | +6% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$33,294 | $6,651 | +6% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$193,228 | $48,476 | +5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major
MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay |
$96,820 | $31,824 | -49% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$116,779 | $51,071 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,181 | $9,423 | -46% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,909 | $12,655 | -46% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$44,196 | $15,235 | -45% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$98,112 | $38,878 | -45% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Major Complications
MS-DRG 417 · Inpatient stay |
$58,474 | $18,926 | -44% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,106 | $4,350 | -44% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.